IT Asset Management

News Analysis

• FrontRange Adds Another Inventory Tool to Its Portfolio
  30 April 2008
• HP Targets SMBs With New Products and Print System Branding
  10 March 2008

Research Meeting Findings

• Findings: Global IT Budget Growth Update, 1Q08
  3 April 2008
• Findings: The Difference Between Cost Cutting and Cost Optimization
  19 March 2008

Featured Research

• Xerox Update: Progress on Many Fronts
  5 May 2008
• Survey Shows Windows Vista Uptake Is Slower Than Expected
  6 May 2008
• 2007 Survey: Office 2007 Off to a Fast Start With Users
  30 April 2008
• Negotiating a License for Virtual Software Use
  29 April 2008
• How the CFO Should Approach the Financial Application Portfolio
  29 April 2008
• As Mincom Management Rebuilds, Watch for Emerging Strategy
  28 April 2008
• Aligning Finance Processes and Technology for Enterprise Value
  25 April 2008
• Interesting Software Licensing Questions From 1Q08
  25 April 2008
• Cost Cutting in IT: Beware of the Cost Avoidance Versus Actual Cost-Cutting Trap
  22 April 2008
• When to Consider a Single-Instance Finance System Strategy
  22 April 2008
• Licensing Change Drives Live Meeting Users To Look Beyond Microsoft
  17 April 2008
• Key Issues for Printing Markets, 2008
  17 April 2008
• Make Better Print Decisions by Understanding the Impact of Commoditization
  17 April 2008
• IT Procurement: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same
  16 April 2008
• TCO of Traditional Software Distribution vs. Application Virtualization
  16 April 2008
• Key Issues for IT Asset Management, 1H08
  11 April 2008
• Cost Cutting in PC Procurement and the Pitfalls Between Price and Power Consumption
  9 April 2008
• IBM Raises Maintenance Prices on Older Mainframes
  8 April 2008

Spotlights

Research collections focusing on current issues

• IT Asset Management Staffing Questions and Answers
  5 September 2007
• Server Evaluation Model Summary: Consolidation Platforms, 1H07
  13 June 2007
• Server Evaluation Model Summary: OLTP Database Servers, 1H07
  13 June 2007
• IBM Introduces zNALC Program
  23 February 2007
• Strong 2006 Close May Create IBM Mainframe Negotiating Opportunities in Early 2007
  8 February 2007
• The 2007 Microsoft Office System: Improvements and Complexities
  28 September 2006
• Negotiating With Five Strategic Software Vendors
  26 June 2006

The Basics

Essential concepts and fundamental principles

• Key Issues for Print Management, 2008
  31 March 2008
• Best Practices in PC Life Cycle Services
  16 March 2006
• Key Issues for the Financial Management of Applications, 2008
  24 March 2008
• Cost Cutting in 2008 and What It Means to the Project Portfolio
  27 February 2008
• Cost Cutting Requires Corporate Performance Management
  27 February 2008
• IT Spending and Staffing Report, 2008
  20 February 2008
• IT Asset Capitalization Issues
  16 November 2007
• Gartner Maturity Model for IT Procurement
  2 November 2007
• How to Decide on a Linux Server Platform
  28 September 2007
• The Business Case for Software Asset Management
  28 September 2007
• What to Consider When Making Mainframe Modernization Decisions for the Future
  23 April 2007
• Key Issues in Client Operating System and Productivity Software
  3 April 2007
• Key Issues for Alternative IT Acquisition and Delivery Models, 2007
  29 March 2007
• Key Issues for IT Asset Management, 1H07
  27 March 2007
• SOA Governance Depends on IT Asset Management
  8 February 2007
• Asset Management: How to Address the Issue of Project Risk
  30 October 2006
• Asset Management: How to Avoid Budgeting Traps
  30 October 2006
• TCO Comparison of PCs With Server-Based Computing
  15 June 2006
• Toolkit: Five Myths About Server Procurement
  9 June 2006
• Return on IT Assets Offers a New Approach to Managing IT Assets
  11 May 2006
• Creating a PC Procurement Request for Proposal
  27 April 2006
• Use Gartner's TVO Methodology to Build a Case for Contact Center Infrastructure Acquisitions
  9 January 2006
• How to Craft Best-Practice PC Purchase Contracts
  22 December 2005
• Use Total Cost of Ownership to Save on Printing
  21 December 2005
• Defining Gartner Total Cost of Ownership
  8 December 2005
• How to Eliminate Five Causes of Poor IT Financial Visibility
  6 September 2005
• How to Start Estimating Software Life Cycle Costs
  1 July 2005
• How to Make Software Contract Negotiations Work for Your Business
  22 February 2005

Hype Cycles

The wave of the future — or just hype? Gartner Hype Cycles show the difference

• Hype Cycle for Wireless Networking Infrastructure, 2007
  25 July 2007
• Hype Cycle for Consulting and Systems Integration, 2007
  17 July 2007
• Hype Cycle for Content Management, 2007
  6 July 2007

Magic Quadrants

Which vendors are leaders, visionaries, challengers or niche players

• MarketScope for the IT Asset Management Repository, 2008
  21 April 2008
• Magic Quadrants and MarketScopes: How Gartner Evaluates Vendors Within a Market
  22 January 2008
• MarketScope for Contract Management, 2007
  16 July 2007
• Magic Quadrant for PC Configuration Life Cycle Management, 2006
  4 December 2006

Vendor Ratings

The products, strategies and viability of specific vendors

• Cool Vendors in Print Markets and Management, 2008
  2 April 2008